OK, maybe these aren't the greatest hits—some of the best times we had in Perú were in and around Chachapoyas. But in mid-February, we spent ten days visiting some of the country’s other beautiful and fascinating places: Cusco, Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu, Raqchi, Lago Titicaca and Lima. The trip was such a whirlwind that we’re only now getting the pictures up.
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At the ruins of an Incan palace, Cusco. (Noemí Huañec Casa)
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The upside to long bus trips is that you can meet some cool people, like Noemí. A tour guide in Cusco, she was kind enough to spend her afternoon off showing us around Sacsayhuamán, the temple/fortress complex high above the city. (KK) |
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| Puma-faced lamp post on Cusco's main plaza. (KK) |
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| Plaza de Armas, Cusco. (KK) |
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| Ollantaytambo, where the Inca-built water system still works. (KK) |
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| Craft market, Ollantaytambo. (KK) |
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| Ollantaytambo (MK) |
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| At the Ollantaytambo train station. |
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| The roaring Urubamba from the train to Machu Picchu. (KK) |
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| An unexpected Machu Picchu resident, a chinchilla. (MK) |
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| We climbed Huayna Picchu, the tall peak behind the city, a steep trail with encouraging signs along the way. (KK) |
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| A long way down to the Urubamba. (KK) |
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| We traveled back to Cusco and then from there to Puno, stopping along the way at Raqchi, an Incan village in the Sacred Valley. (MK) |
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| Vendors at the Raqchi market. (KK) |
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| And their kids playing under the market tables. (KK) |
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| The altiplano on the way to Puno. (MK) |
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| From Puno, we took a boat trip on Lago Titicaca. (KK) |
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| Approaching one of the floating islands. (MK) |
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| One of the residents of the floating island, with her children and a tapestry she made. (MK) |
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| Then the boat continued to a permanent island, Taquile. (MK) |
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| You can just see Bolivia on the horizon. (MK) |
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| Village musicians. (MK) |
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| The men on Taquile knit constantly. (KK) |
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| Then it was back to Lima. (MK) |
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| And after one last jouncy bus ride (that's Rie in the mirror), it was into a cab and off to the airport to head for Chile. (KK) |
3 comments:
Breathtaking photos! Thanks for posting!
Awesome photos! Rie & Kath...you guys are amazing!
Aw, shucks. Thanks! And thanks for taking a look!
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